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Luigi Cozzi
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Luigi Cozzi is an Italian film director, screenwriter and writer, born in 1947. His work in science fiction began with fanzines and short fiction before moving into cinema. He directed The Tunnel Under the World in 1969 and became a collaborator of Dario Argento.
His films include Starcrash, credited under the name Lewis Coates, and Hercules (1983). Alongside filmmaking, Cozzi has written about genre cinema and worked with Argento on Profondo Rosso, the Rome shop devoted to horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- Luigi Cozzi — FantascienzaEarly writing, fanzines, 1969 film and Argento collaboration.
- Luigi Cozzi — Cineuropa interview1947 birth year, Hercules and first-person account of Profondo Rosso.
- Starcrash — AFI CatalogLewis Coates pseudonym and directing/screenwriting identity.